Eyeglass-holder



(No Model.)

S. 1?. MERRITT.

EYEGLASS HOLDER.

Patented Oct. 25

7 face of said body, as shown.

NITED STATES ATENT rrrcn.

SAMUEL F. MERRITT, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

EYEGLASS-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 248,600, dated October 25, 1881. Application filed June 18, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL F. MERRITT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Eyeglass-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the details of improvements in the construction of eyeglassholders, the object being to so improve the construction of such devices as to prevent eyeglasses from becoming accidentally unhooked therefrom, and to simplify and reduce the number of parts heretofore required in this class of articles.

In the drawings forming part of this spocifi cation, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an eyeglass-holder constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a view of the latch detached from the holder. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the main portion of the body of the holder. Fig. 4. is a vertical section. parts are all shown much enlarged for the purpose of clearer illustration.

In the drawings, a is the body of the eyeglass-holder. c is the latch. e is the hookcatch. '5 is a spring cut from and integral with the body a, and o is the pin.

The eyeglass-holder herein described is composed of three separate pieces onlyviz., the body, the latch, and the hook-catch.

The body a is cut from a sheet of metal. Its front hook portion, 1), has'the corrugation so formed through its center. The end of part I) each side of said corrugation is cut away, as shown, to let the end of the latter project above thesidesthereof,formingapoint,z. Thespring t'is formed by partially separating a portion of the body a from itself, and by bending the upper end of said partially'separated portion forward, so that it projects beyond the front The cars a n on body a are perforated to receive the ends of the trunnions s s on the latch c. The sharpened pin '0 is properly rounded and finished, and bent rearwardly and down, as shown, and thefrontpart, b, is bent up to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 4, and the pin-catch c, consisting of the ordinary broken ring with a shank on it, is thereby riveted into body a just above the lower end of the pin o.

The latch c is cut from a sheet of metal, and has its trunnions s s rounded, its lower point half-rounded on its upper side, and its ears r 1" turned up to a vertical position, and when In the drawings the thus prepared the cars a n on body a are turned up, and said trunnions s 8 being placed in the perforations therein, said ears a n are bent up to the position shown, thereby securing said latch to the body to directly over the forwardlybent end of spring 17, which bears against the under side of said latch and forces it against the end z of the corrugation on the front part, b, and carries the half-rounded lower point of said latch into the corrugated groove under the end of said part I), while the point zlies upon the face of said latch, having its end slightly curved upward, and reaches up be tween the ears r r on said latch. The halfrounded point e on the latch 0 lies in the corrugated groove m at the upper end of the part b, and thereby aids in preventing lateral movement in that end of said latch. I

The eyeglassholder constructed as above described and shown, and having its eyeglasshook I) provided with the corrugation a2, is very strong and rigid. Theposition ofand the manner in which springi operates render it impossible for the eyeglass itself to so disengage it from the latch c as to allow the latter to swing away from the end of the part b and let the eyeglass escape therefrom. The eyeglass is placed on hook I) by pressing the ring thereof upon the latch cjust above the ears 1' i, when said latch will be depressed, allowing said ring to pass freely between the point 2 on the eyeglass hook I) and the end a on the latch 0, when the latter, actuated by spring i, will close up, as seen in Fig. 1. To remove the eyeglass from its hook, one bears down ugon the ears 1' r on latch c to open it away from the end of hook I).

The eyeglass-holder is secured upon the garment of the wearer by the pointed pin 11 and the catch 6 in the usual manner.

That I claim as my invention is- 1. The within-described eyeglassbolder, consisting of the body a, provided with the pin 1;, and having the hook I) and the springt' formed integral with said body, and the latch c pivoted thereto, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in an eyeglass-holder,

of the body to, having the pin 11, the hook I), the

spring t, and the ears a n, formed integral with said body, and of the latch c, substantially as set forth.

SAMUEL F. NIERRITT.

Witnesses:

HENRY A. CHAPIN, J. D. GARFIELD. 

